Post UTME: UNIZIK apprehends 167 impersonators

Awka – NO fewer than 167 persons,, who were alleged to be impersonators were apprehended during the just concluded Post University Matriculation Examination, Post- UTME, of the institution.

It was gathered that the arrested persons have been handed over to security operatives .ion.

The university’s director of information, Dr. Emma Ojukwu said the affected persons would be charged to court soon.

Meanwhile, of the 30, 477 candidates who made the university their first choice institution and who were invited for the Post –UME, only 28,233 candidates turned up for the examination.

According to Ojukwu, it was noticed that following the stringent measures adopted by the University for the examination, many fraudulent candidates did not turn up for the screening for fear of being detected.

“There was also physical verification of claimed documents. The shortfall of 2,244 candidates who did not present themselves for screening may not be unconnected with the stringent processes of screening which eliminated impersonation to a large extent.”

He said that investigation of those arrested for impersonation and other malpractices showed that parents encouraged their wards to cheat, insisting that admission into the University was purely on merit.

He said further: “It is on record that some persons, including staff of the University who collected money to assist candidates secure admission could not succeed last year.

“As a result a staff of the university abandoned his work and ran away till today. The other one whose case was reported to the University administration has been dismissed from the university.

“It is also important to inform the public that some criminals have opened Facebook pages in the name of our Vice-chancellor, Prof. Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku. Our vice-chancellor has no facebook account or page.”